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Financial Backing for Trump: Florida GOP Pushes for $5 Million Legal Defense Fund

By Stacy M. Brown | The Washington Informer | Word In Black Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons (WIB) – A vast majority of Republicans have continued to show that the GOP is firmly in the hands of the twice-impeached an...

Has reparation money reached Jamaica?

Rumours are swirling in Jamaica’s indigenous community that reparation money is already here for those people who believe they have been wronged by colonial enslavers. Moreover, questions are being raised in some circles as to how the money will be...

commUNITY spotlight: Gov. Hochul signs legislation to establish a commission to study racial justice and reparations

A New York commission will study reparations and racial justice. BUFFALO, N.Y. — In 2024, a commission will be tasked with taking a look at history. Gov. Kathy Hochul has established a New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies...

commUNITY spotlight: A new York study of racial justice and reparations

More Videos A New York commission will study reparations and racial justice. Author: wgrz.com...

Lions Super Bowl Dreams Crushed with 34-31 Loss to 49ers in NFC Championship

The NFC Championship was a tale of two halves. And the Lions historic season came to a bittersweet end after falling short in the decisive second half, losing 34-31 to the San Francisco 49ers. The first half belonged to the Detroit Lions. They scored...

HARMONY: new Barry Manilow Broadway musical entertains and educates. See it now before it closes

A musical troupe of six young men known as the Comedian Harmonists became an international sensation in the 1930s pre-WWII Germany, a favorite of the German SS and Hitler, anointed as “Ambassadors of Good Will” on “diplomatic tours” from Copenhagen’...

Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie

By Corey WilliamsThe Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the White officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused hi...

St Kitts and Nevis to meet Greene King to discuss slavery reparations

Islands were home of slaves owned by Greene King founder Benjamin Greene By Andy Dolan Published: 20:54 EST, 28 January 2024 | Updated: 21:29 EST, 28 January 2024 These days they are regarded as great destinations for a Caribbean h...

Reparations are the new affirmative action — and even more racist…

Is affirmative action dead? Gallup poll results this month show a significant majority — 68% — of Americans agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling to abolish affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the racial-discrimination c...

A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay’s 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image

By Jennifer PeltzThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For almost two decades, the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay stood as one of the hip-hop world’s most infamous and elusive crimes, one of three long-unsolved slayings of ma...

Greene King faces pressure to pay slavery reparations

One of Britain’s biggest brewer and pub companies is under pressure to make slavery reparations to the Caribbean nation of St Kitts and Nevis. Greene King apologised four years ago after data from University College London found that after the aboli...

Republicans see an opportunity with Black voters, prompting mobilization in Biden campaign

By Matt BrownThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for fostering deep connections with the Black community. From his earliest days as a New York real estate developer, Trump has faced accusations of racist busin...

NFL reaches ‘major milestone’ with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season

By Steve ReedAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. That mission finally seems to be paying off. Four minority head coaches have been hired this yea...

ICJ: Remove Uganda Judge Sebutinde If She Was Pressured To Vote For Gaza Genocide

Black Star News Editorial Photos: YouTube Screenshots South Africa sued Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for allegedly contravening the Convention Against Genocide in its ongoing attack including bombardment against the Palestinian...

Blacks Debate Over Reparations: Skepticism And Calls For Action

by Daniel Johnson January 28, 2024 Only 14% of Black people in a recent poll believe that there will be action on reparations in our lifetime. According to a poll cond...